PROCESS FOR USING ENERGY POTENTIALS, IN PARTICULAR WITH SMALL TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES

摘要

A process is claimed for utilising thermal energy potentials (esp. of small temp differences) or mechanical energy potentials, esp. of naturally occurring environmental energy sources (e.g. counterflowing ocean currents or ocean currents and ambient air) or of sec. and environmental energy sources resulting from industrial energy conversion and use, the temp. differences being sufficient for driving electrical energy generating processes. - The novelty is that (a) the temp. drop between the energy potentials is used to drive electrical energy generating processes, (b) the generated electrical energy is used at or near the generating site for electrolysis of liq. or evapd. water and metal oxides, (c) the resulting hydrogen and metals are chemically combined to form metal hydrides, (d) the metal hydrides are transported as energy source (i.e. synthetic fuel) to the site of energy need where they are combusted with technical purity 02 or air in fuel cells to release electrical and opt. thermal energy or in special combustion chambers to release thermal energy, with prodn. of metal oxides and steam.